Offers a semiotic approach to Rosario Castellanos' writings and includes selections that show the interrelatedness of her work

Thinker, writer, diplomat, feminist Rosario Castellanos was emerging as one of Mexico's major literary figures before her untimely death in 1974. This sampler o

Set in the highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas, The Book of Lamentations tells of a fictionalized Mayan uprising that resembles many of the rebellions tha

The Nine Guardians is crowded with the magic and malice of warring gods and men.

A member of Mexico's privileged upper class, yet still subordinated because of her gender, Rosario Castellanos became one of Latin America's most influential fe